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The Socialite

Check Out the Mega Food, Wine, and Beer Lineup at Outside Lands

Leave it to San Francisco to be as excited for the lineup of food (and wine and beer) vendors as for the music lineup at OUTSIDE LANDS this year (August 9th-11th). (Some are perhaps even more fired up for the vittles.) The majority of the audience will assuredly have the…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 13, 2013

The Socialite

Save the Date: Summertini CHEFS Benefit June 7th

Get ready to enjoy some fabulous food for a fabulous cause at the ninth annual SUMMERTINI bash, which is shaping up to be the best one yet. The party is happening Friday June 7th at the Bently Reserve. This year, the restaurant lineup is just amazing! It includes A16, Nopa,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 13, 2013

The Chatterbox

Coming in September from Liza Shaw: Merigan Sub Shop

Liza Shaw—the talented powerhouse of a chef who has worked at A16, Acquerello, and most recently consulting in Wine Country on the pizzas at Redd Wood and Pizzando—is finally ready to formally announce her next venture: MERIGAN SUB SHOP. I have been hearing about (and anxiously awaiting) her…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2013

The Chatterbox

Big News from Brenda's: They're Opening a New Café (Libby Jane Café) on Polk St.

Brenda Buenviaje writes in with some great news: she and wife/business partner Libby Truesdell are opening a new café on Polk Street, just two doors down from the current ~BRENDA’S FRENCH SOUL FOOD~. Her blog mentions that it will be called LIBBY JANE CAFÉ after Libby (awwww). Anyone…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2013

707 Scout

Dierk's Midtown, Chalkboard Open While Empire and NVB Put on Finishing Touches

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. There’s good news and there’s, well, pretty good news about the opening of DIERK’S MIDTOWN CAFE (the offshoot of the brunch-tacular Dierk’s Parkside): The veggie stack is back. If you time it right you can…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2013

May 10, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: and all that jazz.

This week's tablehopper: and all that jazz. The doors into the kitchen at Commander’s Palace. Probably the only “no” you’ll find in New Orleans. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It’s rather unbelievable that I’m home in one piece. Well, sort of. The jury is still out…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 09, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: and all that jazz.

It’s rather unbelievable that I’m home in one piece. Well, sort of. The jury is still out on my liver. Anyway, my past week in New Orleans for Jazz Fest was one for the books. That bucket list item was way checked. The Crescent City is such a…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 09, 2013

The Wino

Checking Lists: A Critical Look at Restaurant Wine by Alan Goldfarb (Somms)

Alan Goldfarb was the wine editor at the St. Helena Star, where it is said that assignment must be akin to covering Catholicism in Vatican City. He was also the senior editor for AppellationAmerica.com. His work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Wine Enthusiast, and Decanter. He’…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 09, 2013

The Regular

Chocolate Lab

The first time I mentioned to a friend I had lunch at CHOCOLATE LAB, he chuckled. It’s a clever name, and Michael and Jacky Recchiuti have no shortage of humor, smarts, and playfulness in what they do. They are the latest tenants to take over the former Piccino Cafe…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 09, 2013

The Chatterbox

Coming Soon: Artesano, La Nebbia, InoVino, Mason Pacific, Tender Greens

A bunch of new projects are coming to the city, starting with ARTESANO in Laurel Heights in the former Asqew Grill space. It’s a new project from chef-partner Jeff Gambardella and owner Douglas Mathieux of neighboring Rigolo Café, which bills itself as “the most child-friendly restaurant in SF.” Their…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 30, 2013

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